Bobby Cox remembered by all of MLB
Over the weekend, the Atlanta Braves franchise suffered another significant loss with the passing of former manager Bobby Cox, who led the club to 15 division titles and a World Series title in 1995, and as expected, the outpour of condolences from former players who Cox managed to MLB executives who worked with the former Braves’ skipper took over social media timelines.
“He was calm and determined, but in a very respectful way always,” Los Angeles Dodgers President and CEO, Stan Kasten said as he joined 92-9 The Game’s Carl Dukes and Mike Bell to the discuss his time working with Cox. “You could joke with him, you could have fun with him,” Kasten, who became the Braves president in 1986, said of Cox as he explained how the Hall of Fame manager had a great personality, however once he stepped in the dugout, he made the players his priority.
“Didn’t matter if they were right or wrong, ‘I have to defend my guys,’” Kasten said of Cox’s mindset in regards to wanting to he protected Braves players. “I’ve had these conversations with other major league managers, managers who have said to me, ‘I don’t go out there because I’m not going to change anything and I’m making a fool of myself.
I’m just yelling out there for no reason, umpire’s not going to change his mind, so I don’t believe in going out there,’ and at the same time I said, tell me who you respect as a manager, and the number one guy is always Bobby Cox,” Kasten said as he shared that while many managers he has had previous conversations with in regards to getting into arguments with umpires prefer to not engage with them, Cox, who was famously remembered for his arguments and ejections, was who they admired.
Bobby Cox always wanted to 'protect his guys'
Bobby Cox always wanted to 'protect his guys'
